ABC13’s data team is tracking crime and safety across Houston and in your neighborhood.
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Sexual Assaults
1,490

Last 12 months
Through August 2022

Average Sexual Assaults
1,757

Yearly average
2019 to 2021

Sexual Assault Rate
64.7

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Sexual Assault Rate
76.2

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2021


Sexual assaults are down 15% over the last 12 months compared to the average from 2019-2021.

The city averaged 29 sexual assaults a week since last August. In 2019, that number was 35 a week.

A closer look at Houston sexual assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2019 through last month.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.



About 64% of Houston residents now live in neighborhoods where there was at least one sexual assault every month over the last year. Here’s a look at citywide sexual assaults every month since 2019.